[Rhodes22-list] T(I/A)NSTAAFL

Hank hnw555 at gmail.com
Sat Dec 8 19:41:06 EST 2007


Robert,

I'm WAAAAY beyond aficionado. If there is anything he's written that I
haven't read, then I haven't heard of it.  I started reading him as a
teenager many moons ago.

Hank

On Dec 8, 2007 4:58 PM, Robert Skinner <robert at squirrelhaven.com> wrote:

> I'll accept correction on the "is/ain't", in deference
> to another Heinlein aficionado, but the principle
> remains - security "ain't" free.
>
> /Robert
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Hank wrote:
> >
> > Robert,
> >
> > Just to quibble a little but it's TANSTAAFL (There ain't no such thing
> as a
> > free lunch).  I believe it was first used in Robert Heinlein's book,
> "The
> > Moon is a Harsh Mistress".  That was actually a candidate for the name
> for
> > my boat, but I now think I will go with LOCHAN, which is the fist two
> > letters of my kid's names (Lorilei, Charlie and Andrea).
> >
> > Hank
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